GULLU MEAT WALA never need to thank Gulshan, but it had been due to him that I got married. quite 20 years ago, I wont to woo my would-be wife with Gulshan’s meat curry. His was the foremost famous meat stall in town those days. Everybody swore by Gullu’s meat, which came during a delicious gravy of thick keema. He wont to sit outside the State Transport Authority office on Rajpura Road, and was thus referred to as Authority meatwallah, or just Gullu.
I wont to buy a full plate of his famous meat – and he wont to pack it on behalf of me in an empty powdered milk tin. If I remember correctly, it cost about Rs 20 or Rs 22. He would give me several rotis with this, and there was enough to feed three or four people.
I later heard that Gullu had a attack and company . That was bad news, because he had fed a generation of hungry souls. But in any case these years, I suddenly started hearing his name again. an honest friend who lives in Mall Road kept urging me to undertake out someone called Gullu at Malka Ganj. There might be many Gullus, I said to myself – and didn’t show much interest. on the other hand last week, I visited visit my friend, and thought i might search the Gullu he was raving about.
And what a surprise – this place is travel by the old Gullu’s son, Sulabh Arora. It’s called Gullu’s, and therefore the address is shop no. 2, Main Road, Malka Ganj (Phone, just for enquiries: 9871363435). The shop has been there for quite 20 years.
To reach Gullu’s, take the road that goes to the old Sabzi Mandi from Hansraj College. You’ll find the shop on your left. I wont to attend the old Gullu’s when it had been just a roadside eatery. Now it’s an enormous takeaway, though quite few people take the food and eat it in their cars, or by balancing the plates on their car bonnets.
The food remains good, but i'm afraid not nearly as good because the father’s. The meat keema comes in four portions – small, medium, full and enormous -- and costs between Rs 100 and Rs 385. Meat chawal is for Rs 90 a plate. I had the meat keema and enjoyed the barra (Rs 150). The dry chicken (Rs 135) was a touch undercooked. The mutton had been cooked in its thick gravy of minced meat with tomatoes and black pepper, a dish that was the senior Gullu’s speciality. Junior’s wasn't bad in the least , but i feel he must enhance the spices a touch .
The place is open for both lunch and dinner. He even sells a vegetarian thali (Rs 110) and a non-veg thali (Rs 125). The latter consists of meat keema, keema kaleji, snacks, pulao and roti. Sabzi chawal is for Rs 80.
Well, i'm happy to understand that the father’s legacy is being administered ably by his son.
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